“LaMichael James was always going to be a major part of this offense and before the LeGarrette Blount incident. He’s a 100 meters champ from Texas and we knew he had this in him.”

“Ed Dickson and Anthony McCoy are probably the 2 best tight ends in the conference now.”

“I have a great relationship with Mike Belotti. Fortunate enough to be promoted to be the head coach. He told me that I should do things my way. He didn’t micromanage me when I was offensive coordinator and he doesn’t micromanage me now that he’s AD and I’m head coach. There’s not a single time where we’ve talked about an upcoming opponent.”

PETE CARROL, USC TROJANS HEAD COACH

“Oregon has really rallied in a great fashion. They have such a varied attack. Great running quarterback. On the attack since the Cal game. Plus we’re playing on Halloween in Eugene. By far the biggest game we get to play this week.”

"We’ve been on the road a lot. So the crowd won’t surprise us.”

“Huge matchup for us. The team that wins the conference is going to have to win out. We have to get this win and then next week it starts all over again.”

“They’ve done some things defensively differently under Chip than they did under Mike, but the offensive system is the same.”

“LaMichael James is really fast. Much like Javhid Best. Smaller like Jacquizz Rodgers, but James is faster and maybe less powerful.”

“Masoli makes a lot of quick decisions and you have to deal with him as a runner first.”

“We already practiced in rain when we got ready for Notre Dame. So we’re not gonna turn the sprinklers on this week even if they’re calling for rain in Eugene.”

“My evaluation of the defense in the last 2 seconds halfs is that we haven’t been very good. We were facing 2 really good quarterbacks and that’s part of it, but Notre Dame and Oregon really threw the ball well when they were scrambling to stay alive in those games. We’ve got to find a way to take the ball away and get it back to our offense.”

“Oregon has a great crowd. They’re very outspoken. They do a great job of orchestrating the game environment.”

“Anthony McCoy is hobbled. We don’t know if he’s gonna make it make for Saturday. Stanley Havili is trying to come back. We’ll know later in the week.”

“Ed Dickson is a big-timer. Great catch-and-run guy. Prototype tight end. Had a big game against Cal and really took over.”

“Damian Williams is really hard to tackle on those punt returns. He has a way of making people miss. He has a real sense for how to get way from people. This is the most explosive we’ve been on punt returns in years.”

Comments

Wow, the Trojans & fans are a bunch of whiners ! Even Pete Carroll said they have to move on & were outplayed, big time, by a better tream & have been hearing on talk shows & other message Boards, everyone trying to make excuses. And what a bunch of babies the players are - they are all tapping into the mike when they win, but tonight ? Taylor Mays & all the others shunned interviews - can't have it both ways guys ! Remember than when you win next time, don't go shooting of your mouths.